From Trenham Reeks 8 February 1845
Summary
Sends results of chemical tests on specimens [of salt, see South America, pp. 73–5].
Encloses abstract from Justus Liebig on composition of bones and their ability to withstand decay.
Author: | Trenham Reeks |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Feb 1845 |
Classmark: | DAR 39: 43–4, 49–50 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-825 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From Trenham Reeks 8 February 1845 …
- … 39: 43–4, 49–50 Trenham Reeks Museum of Economic Geology 8 Feb 1845 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845. Liebig, Justus von. 1842. Chemistry in its …
- … of Economic Geology 8 th . February 1845. Dear Sir, I have great pleasure in forwarding …
- … to Trenham Reeks, [before 8 February 1845] . For the use CD made of these replies see …
- … and Agricultural Gazette , no. 6, 8 February 1845, p. 93. Cited by CD in Journal of …
- … see letter from Trenham Reeks, 14 March 1845 ). Henry Thomas De la Beche , director of the …
- … crossed ink Top of first page of letter : ‘1845 Gardeners Chronicle p. 93—on salt very [ …
- … letter from Trenham Reeks, 25 February 1845 . CD had apparently requested this reference …
- … letter to Reeks, [before 8 February 1845] . CD cites Reeks and Liebig in his description …
To J. S. Henslow 28 October [1845]
Summary
Comments on potato disease and its effects on the poor.
Describes visit to his Lincolnshire farm,
to York where he discussed hybrids with the Dean of Manchester [William Herbert],
his meeting with Charles Waterton, and his delight with Chatsworth.
Disappointed at Hooker’s failure to receive the Edinburgh chair; believes JDH will make a great botanist.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
Date: | 28 Oct [1845] |
Classmark: | Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology MSS 405 A. Gift of the Burndy Library) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-921 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To J. S. Henslow 28 October [1845] …
- … Gift of the Burndy Library) Charles Robert Darwin Down 28 Oct [1845] John Stevens Henslow …
- … in Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette , no. 41, 11 October 1845, pp. 688–9. …
- … See letter to Charles Lyell, 8 October [1845] , for further details of CD’s tour. …
- … London: John Van Voorst. Prideaux, J. 1845. Potatoes: storing and preserving. Gardeners’ …
- … In 1845 potato blight (caused by the fungus Phytophthora infestans ) destroyed much of the …
- … and Agricultural Gazette , no. 38, 20 September 1845, p. 648) dealing with methods of …
- … blight (see Lindley 1845a and Prideaux 1845 ). John William Lubbock , CD’s neighbour in …
- … stored potatoes under sand in the autumn of 1845 ( Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural …
To John Murray [10 April 1845]
Summary
Is certain he never signed any paper with Henry Colburn or he would have kept a copy as he did of FitzRoy’s agreement. Wishes JM success in his negotiations with Colburn; asks him to remind Colburn that the copperplate has been left with editor of German edition.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | [10 Apr 1845] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.10–11) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-855 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To John Murray [10 April 1845] …
- … Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.10–11) Charles Robert Darwin Down [10 Apr 1845] John Murray …
- … MS) recording that he paid for a trip to London on 10 April 1845. This was the only trip …
- … recorded between the dates of letters to John Murray , [5 April 1845] and …
- … 12 April [1845] . It seems that CD now sent his original copy of the agreement between …
- … first sent a transcript to Murray in his letter of 20 March [1845] . For the text of …
- … the agreement see letter to John Murray, 20 March [1845] . Ernst Dieffenbach . …
To John Murray [23 June 1845]
Summary
Asks JM to look at William Clowes’s arrangement of the title. CD had intended Journal to stand alone, so scientific part would be less prominent. His health is poor.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | [23 June 1845] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.21–22) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-878 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To John Murray [23 June 1845] …
- … Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.21–22) Charles Robert Darwin Down [23 June 1845] John Murray …
- … RN. 2d edition, corrected, with additions. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845. …
- … of researches 2d ed. See also CD’s subsequent letters to Murray of [26 June 1845] and [ …
- … 28 June 1845] . The British Association …
- … met in Cambridge from 19 to 23 June 1845. …
To J. D. Hooker [May 1845]
Summary
Returns notes on Confervae.
Has had information from Ehrenberg on organic forms in Atlantic dust.
Thanks for sketch of Galapagos flora.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [May 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 33 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-863 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [May 1845] …
- … DAR 114: 33 Charles Robert Darwin Down [May 1845] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … Bibliography Berkeley, Miles Joseph. 1845. On an edible fungus from Tierra del Fuego, and …
- … see letter from J. D. Hooker, [28 April 1845] . Cape Leeuwin, Journal of researches , …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, [2–6 April 1845] , in which Miles Joseph Berkeley’s previous …
- … identical species is cited. See Berkeley 1845 for his final conclusions. Jean François de …
- … Urville [1841–54] ), see letter to J. D. Hooker, 22 [January 1845] , and letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, [late February 1845] . …
To J. D. Hooker [22 July – 19 August 1845]
Summary
Thanks for facts on solitary islands having several species of peculiar genera; "it knocks on the head some analogies of mine".
Has long been trying to discover in how many flowers crossing is probable, but finds it difficult to show "even a vague probability of this".
Will JDH proof-read Galapagos chapter of Journal of researches?
Gives information on his Galapagos collection; explains why it differs from others.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [22 July – 19 Aug 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 37 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-892 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [22 July – 19 August 1845] …
- … DAR 114: 37 Charles Robert Darwin Down [22 July – 19 Aug 1845] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … relationship to the letter from J. D. Hooker, [mid-July 1845] , and the letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, [15 or 22 August 1845] . Probably E. Forbes 1843 . Forbes discusses the …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, [11–12 July 1845] , in which CD claims he does not believe in …
- … that CD is referring to E. Forbes 1845 , since this was available only in abstract form …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, [11–12 July 1845] , n. 15). C. Lyell 1830–3 , 3: 115–16. In …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845. Knight, Thomas Andrew. 1799. An account of …
- … Journal 36: 318–27. Forbes, Edward. 1845. On the distribution of endemic plants, more …
To J. D. Hooker [15 or 22 August 1845]
Summary
Sorry to hear about condition of JDH’s grandfather.
Sends proofs of Galapagos chapter of Journal of researches.
Grieves to hear labels are displaced on his plants.
May he annotate [F. Gérard’s] L’espèce [(1844), extracted from Dictionnaire universel d’histoire naturelle, ed. C. D. d’Orbigny (1839–49)]?
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [15 or 22] Aug 1845 |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 38 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-900 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [15 or 22 August 1845] …
- … DAR 114: 38 Charles Robert Darwin Down 15 Aug 1845 22 …
- … Aug 1845 Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … Hooker was teaching, died on 7 August 1845. Hooker became the Crown’s official nominee for …
- … 2 and 7, below. Joseph Hooker died on 24 August 1845. CD’s Galápagos chapter ( Journal of …
- … RN. 2d edition, corrected, with additions. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845. …
To J. D. Hooker [5 or 12 November 1845]
Summary
Thanks for Antarctic flora [Flora Antarctica (1844–7)].
Agrees geographical distribution will be "the key which will unlock the mystery of species".
Could JDH look over a rough sketch on species?
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [5 or 12] Nov 1845 |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 45 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-924 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [5 or 12 November 1845] …
- … DAR 114: 45 Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Nov 1845 12 …
- … Nov 1845 Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … recommenced work on this book on 29 October 1845 and finished correcting the last proof on …
- … numbers of part one were available by May 1845 ( Wiltshear 1913 ) Hooker had not sent it …
- … see letter from J. D. Hooker, 1 September [1845] ). CD’s annotated copy is in the Darwin …
- … to the Caledonian Mercury , 27 October 1845, on the subject of the Edinburgh elections. …
To J. D. Hooker 28 October [1845]
Summary
Would like to see JDH’s testimonials.
Disappointed with Kosmos.
Has visited Dean of Manchester, who is very heterodox on species.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 28 Oct [1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 44 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-922 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 28 October [1845] …
- … DAR 114: 44 Charles Robert Darwin Down 28 Oct [1845] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 1 September [1845] , n. 3). Adam Black . There is no account …
- … John Hutton Balfour’s election was announced in the issue of 18 October 1845 (p. 704). …
- … CD was perhaps referring to the account in the Scotsman , 8 October 1845. …
- … Humboldt 1845–8 , 1: 302, 319. CD had corresponded with William Herbert , Dean of …
- … Gray, and quoted in the Scotsman , 8 October 1845. Hooker had accompanied James Clark Ross …
- … Reeve Brothers. Humboldt, Alexander von. 1845–8. Kosmos; a general survey of the physical …
Youatt, William. 1845. The dog. London.
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- … Youatt, William. 1845. The dog. London. 6 …
From the principal inhabitants of Down to the secretary of the Post Office [1845–51?]
Author: | Principal inhabitants of Down |
Addressee: | Secretary of the Post Office |
Date: | [1845–51?] |
Classmark: | DAR 96: 6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3359 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From the principal inhabitants of Down to the secretary of the Post Office [1845–51? ] …
- … DAR 96: 6 Principal inhabitants of Down unstated [1845–51? ] Secretary of the Post Office …
- … directory of the six home counties for 1845, and six in 1851, including, at both dates, CD …
- … arrangements for Down and Farnborough in 1845 (see nn. 5 and 6, below). The end of the …
- … Office directory of the six home counties 1845, mail was dispatched from Down at 2 P.M. It …
- … Office directory of the six home counties 1845; see n. 4, below). From 1851 at the latest …
- … by the same mail. It appears that in 1845 London mail was being delivered separately. …
- … Office directory of the six home counties for 1845 and 1851, letters were arriving at Down …
- … during both these years. ( Post Office directory of the six home counties 1845, 1851. ) …
- … A foot-messenger was appointed in March 1845 to take letters to and from Bromley to …
To Ernst Dieffenbach [before 9 July 1845]
Summary
"It is evident that you have not time now to pay me a visit, & indeed as Mrs Darwin is in daily expectation of her confinement I could hardly have asked you … When I saw your name & that of many other naturalists at Cambridge, I wished much to have been there; but my strength so often fails me, that I expected more mortification than pleasure …
I should have liked to have heard the Crater-of-Elevation discussion; after having read both sides, I cannot subscribe to that view; but I think there remains something unexplained about those many vast circular volcanic ruins …
I presume it is very unprobable [sic] that there will ever be a second German Edition of my Journal … I have largely condensed, corrected & added to the Second English Edition, & I am sure have considerably improved & popularised it".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Dieffenbach |
Date: | [before 9 July 1845] |
Classmark: | J. A. Stargardt (dealers) (Catalogue 574 11–13 November 1965) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-888 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Ernst Dieffenbach [before 9 July 1845] …
- … 574 11–13 November 1965) Charles Robert Darwin Down [before 9 July 1845] Ernst Dieffenbach …
- … George Howard Darwin was born on 9 July 1845. The …
- … British Association met in Cambridge in June 1845. Dieffenbach read a paper on the geology …
- … the Advancement of Science held at Cambridge in 1845 Transactions of the sections, p. 50. …
- … discussion see Athenæum , no. 923, 5 July 1845, pp. 675–6. A new translation by Julius …
From G. R. Waterhouse [c. June 1845]
Summary
Discusses his paper on CD’s Galapagos beetles ["Coleopterous insects … in the Galapagos Islands", Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 16 (1845): 19–41] which he will forward when printed. Has drawn up descriptions of several other insects from CD’s collections.
Author: | George Robert Waterhouse |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [c. June 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 181: 18 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-874 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From G. R. Waterhouse [ c . June 1845] …
- … DAR 181: 18 George Robert Waterhouse British Museum [ c . June 1845] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Islands", Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 16 (1845): 19–41] which he will forward when printed. Has …
- … letter from G. R. Waterhouse, [ c . June 1845], n. 3 (calendar number 873 ). Waterhouse …
- … RN. 2d edition, corrected, with additions. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845. …
From J. D. Hooker [2–6 April 1845]
Summary
A Tasmanian Cyttaria is same species as CD’s Fuegian fungus. Did the species originate on the beeches of Fuegia or of Tasmania?
JDH gives interpretation of Vestiges.
John McCulloch, J. F. Schouw, and Lamarck on the species question.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [2–6 Apr 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 104: 219–20 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-850 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker [2–6 April 1845] …
- … DAR 104: 219–20 Joseph Dalton Hooker unstated [2–6 Apr 1845] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Harry S. Goodsir from Edinburgh. Hinds 1845 . A. P. de Candolle 1839–40 . Saint-Hilaire …
- … John Churchill. Hinds, Richard Brinsley. 1845. Memoirs on geographic botany. Annals and …
- … J. Berkeley to J. D. Hooker of 1 April 1845 : ‘The Cyttaria is I think the same with the …
- … was in London, see letter to Ernst Dieffenbach, 8 April [1845] , and letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, [16 April 1845] . See n. 1, above. Ronald Campbell Gunn collected plants, …
- … a north-west passage left Britain on 19 May 1845. The vessels were the Erebus and Terror , …
To J. D. Hooker 19 March [1845]
Summary
Would like to borrow the pamphlet on variation [Frédéric Gérard, "De l’espèce dans les corps organisés" (1844), extract from Dictionnaire universel d’histoire naturelle, ed. C. D. d’Orbigny].
Glad to hear Humboldt’s views on migration. CD believes we cannot "put any limit to the possible and even probable migration of plants".
Wants good book on plant morphology.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 19 Mar [1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 28 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-842 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 19 March [1845] …
- … DAR 114: 28 Charles Robert Darwin Down 19 Mar [1845] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … Wilkes 1845 . J. D. …
- … finished reading this work by 25 March 1845 (DAR 119; Vorzimmer 1977 , p. 133). Dumont d’ …
- … Darwin Library–CUL. But Hooker was probably referring to Hinds 1845 , see letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, [late February 1845] , n. 10. Ehrenberg 1844c . Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg …
- … 2 vols. London. Hinds, Richard Brinsley. 1845. Memoirs on geographic botany. Annals and …
To C. G. Ehrenberg 29 October [1845]
Summary
Sends specimens. Asks for information about specimens from Rio Gallegos.
What does CGE mean by the term "Fluthgebiete"?
French translation gives impression that Ehrenberg attributes Pampas deposit to debacle.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg |
Date: | 29 Oct [1845] |
Classmark: | Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN/HBSB, N005 NL Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg Nr. 43) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-923 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To C. G. Ehrenberg 29 October [1845] …
- … Ehrenberg Nr. 43) Charles Robert Darwin Down 29 Oct [1845] Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg …
- … See letters from B. J. Sulivan, 13 January – 12 February 1845 and …
- … 4 July 1845 . See letter from C. …
- … G. Ehrenberg, 8 April 1845 , and Ehrenberg 1845b . His eventual reply to CD’s query ( …
To J. D. Hooker 31 March [1845]
Summary
Hopes JDH will enjoy Edinburgh.
Has just finished Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire on animal monsters [Anomalies de l’organisation chez l’homme et les animaux (1832–7)], "and a nasty curious subject it is".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 31 Mar [1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 30 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-847 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 31 March [1845] …
- … DAR 114: 30 Charles Robert Darwin Down 31 Mar [1845] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … s list of ‘Books Read’ (DAR 119; Vorzimmer 1977 , p. 133) in an entry dated March 1845. …
- … Wilkes 1845 , 4: 282–3. L’ …
- … Institut 1ère sect. 13 (1845): 120. James David Forbes . Instead of making this tour, CD …
To J. S. Henslow 16 May [1845]
Summary
Is at work on second edition of Journal of researches.
Hopes to finish geology of the Beagle by autumn.
Hooker gives "a wonderful account" of Galapagos plants.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
Date: | 16 May [1845] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-868 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To J. S. Henslow 16 May [1845] …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25. ) Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 May [1845] John Stevens Henslow …
- … London: John Van Voorst. Mill, John Stuart. 1845. The claims of labour: an essay on the …
- … Letter from J. D. Hooker, [28 April 1845] . Barberry is a second host to the wheat rust …
- … to J. S. Henslow, [25 July 1844] ). Mill 1845 . Henslow was actively concerned with the …
To J. D. Hooker [10 September 1845]
Summary
Going to Shrewsbury on Monday.
Means to attempt the question of species: "though I shall get more kicks than half-pennies, I will, life serving, attempt my work".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [10 Sept 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 41 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-915 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [10 September 1845] …
- … DAR 114: 41 Charles Robert Darwin Down [10 Sept 1845] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … Paris. 1841–9. Humboldt, Alexander von. 1845– 8. Kosmos; a general survey of the physical …
- … Correspondence , vol. 3, Appendix II). Humboldt 1845–8 . Gérard 1844 . Hooker’s criticism …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 September 1845 ), but CD’s response here and in the letter …
- … to J. D. Hooker, [18 September 1845] , shows his sensitivity on the point. CD …
From J. D. Hooker 5 July 1845
Summary
Raises some points for revision of CD’s Journal of researches.
Southern island floras. "The more I ponder upon Insular Floras the less inclined I am to admit the mutation of species to any very great amount."
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 5 July 1845 |
Classmark: | DAR 100: 51–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-887 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 5 July 1845 …
- … DAR 100: 51–4 Joseph Dalton Hooker Edinburgh 5 July 1845 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, [11–12 July 1845] , for CD’s comments on Christian Konrad …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, [27 June 1845] , n. 1. CD did not change his previous …
- … of researches 2d ed. , p. 24. Watson 1845 . J. D. Hooker 1844–7 , pp. 219–20, 240. …
- … 20 Abercrombie Place. July 5 th . 1845. My dear Darwin On the arrival of your last welcome …
- … in his letter to J. D. Hooker, [27 June 1845] , or CD’s ‘advice to collectors’ as printed …
- … Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845. Journal of researches : Journal of researches …
- … Vieweg. Watson, Hewett Cottrell. 1845. On the theory of "progressive development," applied …
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Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
Summary
Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
Diagrams and drawings in letters
Summary
Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
Matches: 1 hits
- … and anticlinal lines of a geological formation, 3 March 1845 Edward Forbes's " …
Darwin in letters, 1844–1846: Building a scientific network
Summary
The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but he broadened his continuing investigations into the nature and origin of species. Far from being a recluse, Darwin was at the heart of British scientific society,…
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- … his Journal of researches for a second edition in 1845, having already provided corrections in …
- … vice-presidents in 1844 and remaining on the council from 1845 onwards; he was a conscientious …
- … attacked the work vehemently in the Edinburgh Review (1845), while other colleagues like Edward …
- … his cousin William Darwin Fox in a letter of [24 April 1845] , he felt he ought to be both …
- … of his Journal of researches for a second edition in 1845. At Lyell’s recommendation, …
- … the original publisher, to John Murray, and throughout 1845 Darwin worked hard to provide manuscript …
- … on board the Beagle back to Tierra del Fuego. By 1845, Darwin was in full command of a …
- … Distribution’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [10 February 1845] ) and quick to make use of the young …
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
Summary
Darwin became increasingly involved in botanical experiments in the years after the publication of Origin. The building of a small hothouse - a heated greenhouse - early in 1863 greatly increased the range of plants that he could keep for scientific…
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- … vol. 3, letter to Charles Lyell, 8 October [1845] ). Having indulged his senses, Darwin …
Darwin and Fatherhood
Summary
Charles Darwin married Emma Wedgwood in 1839 and over the next seventeen years the couple had ten children. It is often assumed that Darwin was an exceptional Victorian father. But how extraordinary was he? The Correspondence Project allows an unusually…
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- … he was working (Darwin to his wife Emma, [7-8 February 1845] ). Although Darwin did not usually …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
Summary
In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
Matches: 19 hits
- … on Instinct [F. G. Cuvier 1822] read Flourens Edit [Flourens 1845] read L. Jenyns paper on …
- … 1834–9] Carlyles Oliver Cromwell [Carlyle 1845] (read) Keppells(?) voyage to Borneo …
- … Exploring Expedition towards the Rocky Mountains [Frémont 1845]. (amusing extracts). perhaps for …
- … America by A. Downing Wiley & Putnam. 14 s . [Downing 1845] (Brit. Museum) (read) good …
- … [DAR *119: 22] Eyeres Travels [E. J. Eyre 1845] very amusing Tschudi’s Travels in …
- … Campbells Lives of Chancellors [J. Campbell 1845–7] last vol. Ludlows Memoirs …
- … Murchisons Russia [Murchison, Verneuil, and Keyserling 1845] (read) Agassiz’s Works …
- … Wilkes Expedition. £ 3. 3 s [Wilkes 1845] order at L. Library. read Botanical Soc. of …
- … Soc. of Neuchatel on Jura. 1846, or 7, or 8 [?Marcou 1845]. 46 Morris good for me.— …
- … 1853] Vol. V of Campbells Chancellors [J. Campbell 1845–7] Lives of the Lindsays …
- … [I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1832–7] Wilkes [Wilkes 1845]. Voyage Vol I. to V Apr …
- … May. Blanco White. Auto-biography [Blanco y Crespo 1845].— 24 Improvisatore [Andersen 1845] …
- … Aug. 5 th Lyells Travels in N. America [Lyell 1845] Oct. Cosmos [A. von Humboldt 1845–8]. …
- … Dec. 10 Ray. Society. Vol I. Reports [Ray Society 1845].— 20 D r Badham insect Life …
- … Feb 6 Explanations by Author of Vestiges [Chambers 1845] —— Bronn’s Gesickte [Bronn 1842–3] 2 …
- … [Twamley 1844] —— Whewell on Education [Whewell 1845–52]. Dec: 26. Watson History of …
- … [Heber 1828] —— 31 Kitto on Deafness [Kitto 1845] —— the French in Algiers [Lamping …
- … 1841] April 10 Wagners Anatomy by Tulk [Wagner 1845] (half through) —— 24 Steenstrup …
- … th Elie de Beaumont Lecons Geologie [Élie de Beaumont 1845] skimmed. June 17 th . Downing …
John Murray
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Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural selection (Origin) was published on 22 November 1859. The publisher was John Murray, who specialised in non-fiction, particularly politics, travel and science, and had published…
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- … hundred letters from Darwin, from his first negotiations in 1845 until his final years. Although …
- … came to discuss a second edition, probably at the end of 1845, Darwin was not happy with Colburn’s …
- … Colonial Library in three monthly parts (July to September 1845) before being reissued in a single …
- … you have transacted the business with me’ (27 August [1845] Letter 908 ). Thus began the business …
Richard Matthews
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Richard Matthews was 21 years old when he stepped aboard the Beagle, destined for a lonely career as a missionary in Tierra del Fuego. The Church Missionary Society had arranged for him to accompany the three Fuegians (Fuegia Basket, Jemmy Button, and York…
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
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In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
Orundellico (Jemmy Button)
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Orundellico was one of the Yahgan, or canoe people of the southern part of Tierra del Fuego. He was the fourth hostage taken by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, in 1830 following the theft of the small surveying boat. This fourteen-year old boy was…
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Journal of researches
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Within two months of the Beagle’s arrival back in England in October 1836, Darwin, although busy with distributing his specimens among specialists for description, and more interested in working on his geological research, turned his mind to the task of…
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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Here is a list of people that appeared in the photograph album Darwin received for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from scientific admirers in the Netherlands. Many thanks to Hester Loeff for identifying and researching them. No. …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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List of people appearing in the photograph album Darwin received from scientific admirers in the Netherlands for his birthday on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Hester Loeff for providing this list and for permission to make her research available.…
4.51 Frederick Holder 'Life and Work'
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< Back to Introduction A popular biography of Darwin for young readers by the American naturalist Charles Frederick Holder, published in 1891, sought to present him as ‘an example to the youth of all lands’ (p. v). Thus ‘our hero’ was shown to have…
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- … Captain Fitz Roy, R.N. , 2 nd ed. (London: John Murray, 1845), pp. 22, 90, 182, and 384. Francis …
George Darwin born
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The Darwins' son George Howard Darwin born
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- … The Darwins' son George Howard Darwin born …
Second species sketch
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Darwin finishes an expanded sketch of his species theory, first drafted in 1842
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- … Darwin finishes an expanded sketch of his species theory, first drafted in 1842 …
Yokcushlu (Fuegia Basket)
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Yokcushlu was one of the Alakaluf, or canoe people from the western part of Tierra del Fuego. She was one of the hostages seized by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, after the small boat used for surveying the narrow inlets of the coast of Tierra del…
Living and fossil cirripedia
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Darwin published four volumes on barnacles, the crustacean sub-class Cirripedia, between 1851 and 1854, two on living species and two on fossil species. Written for a specialist audience, they are among the most challenging and least read of Darwin’s works…
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- … In the course of discussions about species in the autumn of 1845, his close friend Joseph Dalton …
Introduction to the Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle
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'a humble toadyish follower…': Not all pictures of Darwin during the Beagle voyage are flattering. Published here for the first time is a complete transcript of a satirical account of the Beagle’s brief visit in 1836 to the Cocos Keeling islands…
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- … in roman numerals. Others relate to Darwin’s 1839 or 1845 volumes and Belcher’s Narrative of the …
- … The British press was decidedly unsympathetic. Recalled in 1845, he returned home in humiliation as …
- … world, and had copies of both the 1839 Narrative and the 1845 second edition titled Journal of …
- … Borneo, and the Philippines in HMS Samarang from 1842 to 1845, and ended his naval career with …
Darwin’s observations on his children
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Charles Darwin’s observations on the development of his children, began the research that culminated in his book The Expression of the emotions in man and animals, published in 1872, and his article ‘A biographical sketch of an infant’, published in Mind…